Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stationer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stationer \Sta"tion*er\, n. [Cf. {Stationary}, a.]
1. A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his
occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or
elsewhere. [Obs.] --Dryden.
2. One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils,
blank books, and other articles used in writing.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stationer
n : a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies
[syn: {stationery seller}]
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